Pastor, SAN, others move to scuttle defilement case

Juliana Francis and Ebube Eruchalu

 

A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) were part of the shocking delegate which went to plead on behalf of a man who inserted a finger into his 11-year-old house maid’s private parts.

Suspect: We beheaded 5 guards to send a signal to others

Juliana Francis

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

A self-acclaimed member of Icelander cult group, identified as Onyekachi Amadi, has revealed why members of his gang killed seven OSPAC vigilante men at Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

POLICE BRUTALITY: ‘Undergraduate beaten to coma, has ‘blood clot in the brain’

 By Juliana Francis

Adaeze after being rushed to the hospital

Mrs. Motolani Samson was sitting on a chair, worriedly watching her sleeping daughter, Adaeze, when our reporter got to her house on October 10. Just as our reporter was completing her interview with Motolani, Adaeze’s eyes fluttered open.

Quarry: Exploiting children for survival (2)

Teenage girl working in quarry in Osun State

Underage workers

In this second part of the investigation, Juliana Francis reveals that children in different states in Nigeria continue to work in quarries to pay school fees and support their parents notwithstanding heart stopping injuries they sustain at these sites.

Seven arrested for attacking policemen in Lagos

Juliana Francis

 

The Lagos State Police Command, has declared that it has arrested seven people for allegedly attacking policemen, who were on their lawful duties.

Mother, children jailed for trafficking teenager to Russia

Juliana Francis

 

Okah-Donli

A 54-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Ehionzee and her children, Endurance and Vivian, have been sentenced to 34 years imprisonment for trafficking 16-year-old girl to Russia for prostitution.

I didn’t know my friend’s suitcase contained cocaine, says traveller

Juliana Francis

 

A 38-year-old man, Okorie Cyprian Raymond, arrested for attempting to smuggle 12.05 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria has denied knowing that the suitcase his friend gave him contained parcels of cocaine.